Celebrate Mahashivratri in true brotherhood: Punjab CM
Chandigarh, Feb 21 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday extended greetings to the people on the auspicious occasion of Mahashivratri with a call …
Punjab CM assures thorough probe into drug haul
Chandigarh, Feb 20 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said in the Assembly, here on Thursday, all the data, complaints and concerns regarding drugs networks, …
Punjab may compensate farmers for setting up power towers
Chandigarh, Feb 20 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said in the Assembly, here on Thursday, his government would soon come out with a policy …
Punjab & Haryana HC judge humours counsel, adjourns case over ‘bad mood’ request
Chandigarh, Feb 20 (IANS) A single judge bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has brought on record an unusual request by a counsel, …
Punjab to present budget now on Feb 28
Chandigarh, Feb 20 (IANS) The Punjab Assembly on Thursday extended the Budget session till March 4. Also, the Budget would be presented on February 28, …
National-level hockey player, friend shot dead in Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb 20 (IANS) A national-level hockey player and his friend were shot dead by their colleague in Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s hometown in …
Sidhu an honest man, says Punjab AAP chief Mann
Chandigarh, Feb 19 (IANS) Preparing a roadmap to win the 2022 Punjab assembly elections, Punjab AAP chief Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday praised Congress leader and …
Punjab allocates Rs 650 crore for rejuvenating drain
Chandigarh, Feb 18 (IANS) In bid to undertake rejuvenation of highly polluting Buddah Nallah in Ludhiana, the Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday approved Rs 650 crore …
Punjab names medical college after Ambedkar
Chandigarh, Feb 18 (IANS) As a tribute to the father of the Indian Constitution, B.R. Ambedkar, the Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday agreed to the renaming …
Punjab to fill 550 posts in medical colleges
Chandigarh, Feb 18 (IANS) The Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday approved creation of 550 posts in the Government Medical Colleges at Patiala and Amritsar with the …
Punjab to renegotiate power purchase pacts
Chandigarh, Feb 17 (IANS) Even as he warned private players against messing with Punjab’s finances, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said his government would …
Punjab to honour girl who saved 4 from burning school van
Chandigarh, Feb 17 (IANS) The Punjab government will honour IX class student Amandeep Kaur for showing exemplary courage by saving four children in the Longowal …
Punjab ex-DIG convicted in mass suicide case
Amritsar, Feb 17 (IANS) After 16 years of the crime, former Punjab Deputy Inspector General Kultar Singh along with five other police personnel was held …
Cong leader seeks Punjab Police’s help over threat
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) After receiving two threatening e-mails in the past four days, Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill has sought the Punjab Police’s help, …
30-kg gold looted at gunpoint in Punjab’s Ludhiana
Chandigarh, Feb 17 (IANS) Four armed robbers looted 30 kg gold at gunpoint from a financial services company in broad daylight in Ludhiana in Punjab, …
Cop guns down four of family in Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb 17 (IANS) A dispute over property led to gunning down of four members of a family, including wife, by a police head constable …
Punjab screens passengers from Japan, S Korea too
Chandigarh, Feb 16 (IANS) Now, visitors from Japan and South Korea will also be screened for Coronavirus, Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on …
Punjab CM commends 14-year-old for rescuing 4 from burning van
Chandigarh, Feb 16 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, here on Sunday, commended 14-year-old Amandeep Kaur for rescuing four children from the burning school van …
I-League: Dicka goal gives Punjab important win
Ludhiana, Feb 16 (IANS) The clash of the Northern teams in Ludhiana ended with the extension of Punjab FC’s unbeaten home run as they defeated …
Next aim of AAP: 2022 Punjab polls
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) After the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) registered a big victory in the Delhi Assembly polls, the talks of party expanding …
‘BB13 Grand Finale’: ‘Punjab’s Katrina Kaif’ Shehnaaz eliminated
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) Punjabi singer Shehnaaz Kaur Gill, who is fondly called as “Punjab ki Katrina Kaif”, has been evicted from “Bigg Boss 13”. …
Punjab CM expresses shock over death of children
Chandigarh, Feb 15 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday expressed shock and grief over the death of four children in a school van …
Discarded school van catches fire in Punjab; 4 kids dead (2nd Lead)
Chandigarh, Feb 15 (IANS) Four children were killed on Saturday after an LPG-fuelled modified but discarded van being run illegally by a private school with …
I-League: Punjab, Real Kashmir look to keep title hopes alive
Ludhiana, Feb 15 (IANS) Two teams who are vying to stay alive in the title race are slated to lock horns on Sunday as Punjab …
Punjab CM asks Jaishankar to rescue women stranded in Muscat
Chandigarh, Feb 15 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday appealed to Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to arrange to bring back 104 …
School van catches fire in Punjab; four minor dead
Chandigarh, Feb 15 (IANS) Four children, aged between four and six years, were killed after a school bus of a private school with 12 students …
School bus catches fire in Punjab; four dead
Chandigarh, Feb 15 (IANS) Four children were killed after a school bus with 12 students onboard caught fire at Longowal town in Sangrur district in …
Punjab CM asks DCs to focus on health, education
Chandigarh, Feb 14 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday asked the state’s Deputy Commissioners to prioritise the core sectors of education, health, power …
Punjab cancels leaves of staff engaged in reporting coronavirus
Chandigarh, Feb 14 (IANS) The Punjab government has cancelled the leaves of all the key employees engaged in the reporting and management for coronavirus disease, …
I-League: East Bengal holds Punjab FC at Kalyani
Kalyani, Feb 13 (IANS) Punjab FC were held to a 1-1 draw by East Bengal in their I-League clash at the Kalyani Stadium here on …
Punjab gangster Budha’s interrogation leads to 23 arrests
Chandigarh, Feb 13 (IANS) The Punjab Police arrested 23 people and seized 36 weapons with the arrest of an ‘A’ category gangster Sukhpreet Singh alias …
Pak now smuggles weapons into Kashmir via Punjab
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Since the global watchdog on terror funding, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) mounted pressure against the Imran Khan government, terror …
Punjab Leader of Opposition hails party’s victory in Delhi
Chandigarh, Feb 11 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Punjab Harpal Cheema on Tuesday hailed his party Aam Aadmi Party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, …
It is BJP’s defeat in Delhi, not Congress’: Punjab minister
Chandigarh, Feb 11 (IANS) Congress leader and Punjab Cabinet minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot on Tuesday said it was the BJP’s defeat in Delhi, not the …
4 family members killed in accident in Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb 11 (IANS) Four members of a family, who were travelling in a car, were killed on Tuesday in a road accident in Moga …
Nothing to do with kabaddi players in Pak: Punjab govt
Chandigarh, Feb 10 (IANS) The Punjab government on Monday said it has nothing to do with Indian players who went to Pakistan for an international …
Punjab bans ‘Shooter’, files FIR against producer
Chandigarh, Feb 9 (IANS) Hours after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ordered ban on the movie ‘Shooter’, which is based on the life of gangster …
Punjab bans movie based on gangster
Chandigarh, Feb 9 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has ordered a ban on the movie ‘Shooter’, which is based on the life and crimes …
3 rescued, 3 trapped as building collapses in Punjab (2nd Lead)
Chandigarh, Feb 8 (IANS) A three-storey commercial building collapsed in Punjab’s adjoining Mohali district on Saturday, trapping at least six people, out of whom three …
Two rescued, two trapped as building collapses in Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb 8 (IANS) Two people are trapped as a three-storey commercial building collapsed on the outskirts of the city in Punjab on Saturday, police …
Two killed in Punjab firecracker explosion
Chandigarh, Feb 8 (IANS) Two people were killed and 11 injured in a firecrackers blast during a religious procession in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district on …